Tech Candidate Spotlight – Kyle Mercer
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Tech Candidate Spotlight – Rina Joy Abu – Remote Software Engineer for SEMPRE
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Hired Tech Candidate Spotlight – Paula Muldoon, Senior Software Engineer for Zopa in the UK
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Hired Candidate Spotlight – Andrew Yee
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Are Remote Tech Jobs Here to Stay?
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Candidate Spotlight – Razvan Muscalu
Can you share a little bit about your educational background? In high school, I specialised in maths. At university, I…
How a Software Engineer Should Answer the “Tell Me About Yourself” Interview Question
I think that without a doubt the most common interview question is “so, tell me about yourself”. As someone who’s…
4 Things I Wish I had Done Immediately After Graduating a Programming Bootcamp
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3 Habits of Successful Software Engineers
Whether you’re a seasoned software engineer or new to the craft, there are a number of things—beyond simply delivering great…
5 Ways Engineering Managers Can Facilitate Flow
As the manager of a software development team, you spend a lot of time looking for ways to get the…
How to Prepare for Your Technical Phone Screening
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Top Coding Bootcamps in London Right Now
While it may have taken the market some time to embrace coding bootcamps, attitudes are certainly shifting in bootcamps’ favor—making…
Actionable Tips for Dealing with Imposter Syndrome at Work
Imposter syndrome has become a bit of a buzzword in many tech and business circles—but it’s not without reason. The…
The Most In-demand Coding Languages and Tech Roles in London
It’s important for engineers to stay on top of new trends—from the languages being used to the types of roles…
How Much Software Engineers Earn in London
With a job skill as coveted as software engineering, it’s only natural for developers to wonder how their salaries stack…
How to Write a Software Engineering CV
Whether you’re starting to look for new opportunities or just want to get your CV in shape, it can be…
How Much Software Engineers Earn in Boston
With seemingly every city vying for a spot as the second U.S. tech hub after Silicon Valley, it’s no surprise…
How Developers Can Turn a Side Project into a Business
Are you an engineer or developer who practices that two-for-one life hack of learning new skills by taking on a…
Coding Bootcamp or Computer Science Degree?
With coding bootcamp as a viable option for those who want to become software developers, it’s never been a better…
Developers: Why and How to Add Animation to Your Toolbox
To stay competitive in a tough market, career driven developers know that they should always be learning new things. If…
How to Quit Your Job Without Burning Bridges
If you’ve just landed a new job, chances are you can’t wait to leave your current role and get started…
How to Make Your Commute More Enjoyable and Productive
Let’s face it: Long commutes are bad for everybody. Research shows that commutes of greater than 60 minutes not only…
Which Tech Stack Should You Learn First?
If you’re just getting into the world of programming, deciding on which tech stack to pursue can be a challenge,…
How to Work Remotely and Keep Your Sanity
Telecommuting and distributed offices have become increasingly popular in recent years, particularly with the rise of digital productivity tools which…
How to Get Up to Speed in an Unfamiliar Codebase
When you start a new job as a software engineer, whether it’s your first or 10th, one of the BEST…
How to Avoid Common Pitfalls in Agile
What is Agile? Agile is a philosophy for approaching software development that focuses on fast, iterative development cycles. The method…
Effective Story Grooming in the Agile Process
Agile development is now a widely accepted and efficient method of software development. In short, A quick articulation of its…
Test Driven Development: What, Why, and How?
If you’re in the business of writing code (or leading teams that do so), Test Driven Development has likely come…
3 Fundamentals of Software Product Development
Whether you are a product manager, software engineer, or engineering manager, you will inevitably find yourself starting from scratch on…
Preparing Your Software Team for Change
Change is one of the hardest things for humans to handle. We crave stability and fear the unknown. This is…
The Fullstack Development Journey Part III: Tying It All Together
If you haven’t already, it will be helpful to read Part I and Part II of “The Full Stack Development Journey” before…
Crash Course in Programming with A.I.
Though we’re still a ways out from building machines that will take over the world with artificial superintelligence, A.I. programming…
4 Traits of a Great Mentor
If you’re looking for personal growth, one of the most effective ways to develop personally and professionally is to find…
Engineering Managers: How to Deal with Setbacks as a Team
No matter how much goal-setting, mission-driving, motivating, and process implementation you do, your team will invariably find itself dealing with…
Resolve Conflict at Work: A Step-by-Step Conversation Guide
Conflict can be a stressful experience, but it doesn’t need to be. A healthy resolution to a conflict is actually…
How to Learn a New Skill (When You’re Already Underwater)
So, you want to learn a new skill (or you know that to stay competitive in a tough market, you…
Interviewing for an Engineering Manager Role? 15 Questions You Should be Prepared to Answer
Congratulations! You’ve got yourself an interview to become an engineering manager. That’s great news. There’s just one problem – interviewing…
The One Commonly Overlooked Skill of a Great CTO
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3 Steps to Better Understand Your User as a Software Engineer
Often, articles and guides focused on user-centricity are written for designers. But software developers and engineers also benefit when they’re…
What to do when you’re going to miss a deadline
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The highest paid engineering roles in San Francisco right now
Tech jobs in San Francisco are generally known to come hand in hand with handsome compensation. Although other cities are…
Developers Weigh In on Coding Bootcamps
Top technical talent can come from anywhere—from developers who never finished high school to those with multiple advanced degrees. For…
What Developers Really Think of Pair Programming
Truth be told, many developers will tell you they prefer to work in an environment without meetings, colleagues, or even…
Data Reveals the Hottest Coding Languages
As any software engineer will tell you, there are a plethora of coding languages out there and varying attitudes toward…
Why Demand for Blockchain and Security Engineers is Exploding
There’s no doubt about it: Technology is evolving at an ever-increasing rate, making it that much more important for technical…
The Full Stack Development Journey Part II: Backend Basics
If you’ve already read Part 1 of this series, it should be clear that there is a major component to…
The Full Stack Development Journey Part I: Frontend Fundamentals
Mindset There’s no avoiding the fact that learning programming takes serious dedication. In fact, it’s such an ambitious goal that…
Developing Hard and Soft Skills: An Engineering Manager’s Guide
To an engineering manager, the term “career development” is almost always associated with furthering your technical competency through conferences, workshops,…
Tips to Manage a Remote Team
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7 Paris Companies Hiring Software Engineers Right Now!
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